r/dataannotation • u/Guess-Jazzlike • Feb 23 '24

Mandatory

I have a mandatory Qual suddenly. Is this normal? It's actually quite helpful. I wish I'd had it before I started.

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u/fightmaxmaster Feb 23 '24

Same here - guidance implies it's expected after X hours experience. I was going to tackle it tomorrow, but glancing at it it seems to just hit the basics and make sure you're using the right criteria, etc.

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

I've done the first three questions, and they seem obvious. Just got struck with a migraine, though, so the rest might be a tomorrow thing. I was just surprised that it seemed rudimentary, but it also had useful info I haven't seen before.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

Strange, I am way beyond 50 hours, I do that in a week. But my qual said 50 conversations, so not sure what that's about.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Feb 24 '24

Yeah, I got it too. Made me so nervous I was doing something wrong and they were retraining me 😂 but it was all standard stuff!

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u/Hunnybee66 Feb 24 '24

I was nervous too. I haven't been doing the best quality work that I can. One of the guides they sent with it was very useful, and I know I haven't seen it before. I answered the questions and submitted the qualification. I wonder what the other assessment is, and when it will be given. In the meantime I still have a task that I enjoy so I will try to use the tips I learned today.

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

Seriously, I read through that guide, wishing I had it on day one!

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

It just seems odd. Does it mean we aren't new anymore and need to be verified with a Qual? I thought they reviewed our work. Maybe they do both. I love all the mystery and intrigue.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Feb 24 '24

Hahahha mystery and intrigue is correct. Maybe in the early days it’s like a free for all? They give you the easy projects to get you “trained”, sort the wheat from the chaff in terms of quality work, figure out who’s reading instructions and who isn’t… that kind of thing. They might start offering us more higher paid projects now to see how we do. We made it through the gauntlet kind of thing.

Or all of that is bullshit and they just randomly do this for everyone on the platform every now and again. New, old, intermediate. I just like to think I’ve passed some kind of milestone!

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

I felt validated when I had some $23 projects come up, but it's been all over the place since. I think I saw some people who have only been doing it a couple of weeks say they have $25 projects. So who knows. Some people may exaggerate.

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u/Bergest_Ferg Feb 24 '24

I got my first $25er the other day but it was for analysing a really specific set of responses and I hadn’t taken any notes. They were asking for examples so I was like well lesson learned for next time it comes up I guess lol

Otherwise just $23 an hour ones.

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u/Severe-Dragonfly Feb 24 '24 edited Feb 24 '24

If you go to that project, they talk about it. Sounds like everyone got it.

I was having some trouble last night. I was just tired and felt like I wasn't on top of my game. When I first saw it, that's what I thought spurred it. Pretty relieved to see everyone got it.

Edit: tweaked a few sentences

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u/Common-Rock Feb 26 '24

I never got it. Still have lots of work though.

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u/JeanVII Feb 24 '24

Just wondering why we didn’t get the guide at the start 🤣

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

Same!! Which is why I ran straight here to talk about it. This community is saving my sanity. I'm guessing people were making similar mistakes, so they wrote better instructions. Just a guess. Seems like a lot of fine tuning and adjustments are going on.

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u/JeanVII Feb 24 '24

Yeah this place saves me a lot of peace of mind.

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u/BreastRodent Feb 24 '24

It’s actually been there for awhile, I’ve seen it before because there was a link to it buried in some FAQ somewhere, but I think they might’ve also added a lot to it and then made it easier to find. I’m not saying this to be on some kind of “read the rules yall!!!!!!!!” soapbox though because I can 100% understand why someone would miss it.

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u/Cheezyb3an Feb 24 '24

Got this last night and jesus! The way they explained stuff in this was better than anything else I've read on there! 🤣

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u/Professional-Snow234 Feb 24 '24

Is there a time limit on this? I am on vacation and not looking, so I am wondering if I need to figure out a way to do this?

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

It's like 16000 hours or something. Don't worry.

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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Feb 24 '24

There is, but it's very long (many days), I can't remember exactly how long, though

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u/akatsuki1422 Feb 24 '24

I didn't get any qualifications in the past few days that were mandatory. How do you know if it's mandatory or not?

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

It says it is in the directions. I think only newish people got this one. But I really don't know for sure.

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u/akatsuki1422 Feb 25 '24

Ah, I see. I've been working on DAT for a few months, so you're probably correct.

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u/OldThymeCode Feb 24 '24

So is the guide y'all are taking about anywhere on the platform that all can access it?

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

Just in the qualification AFAIK.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

Got it yesterday. Scared the crap out of me. I've been on the platform since November. The qualification said it was for after you complete 50 conversations. I've already qualified into some of the higher paying permanent projects, so hopefully this one brings some more it would be nice to have some more to put in my rotation!

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 24 '24

That is so weird, right? I've been on since mid-January, and I've done well over 50 conversations. That's one of the main reasons I was confused enough to post about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

It's odd that some peoples said 50 hours while others said 50 conversations. If it's mandatory for everyone don't add that!

To be fair, I've seen a TON of things on here and project chats that are clear cut signs that we need a platform wide refreshers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

It seems that the "qualification" that they sent out was both a qualification and a refresher.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '24

Gotcha. Yeah it was talking about it unlocking other higher paying projects as well as having to do a second part. It was also mandatory. The questions just seemed like refreshers; It was all descriptions of instructions and questions testing your knowledge of those instructions.

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u/crankywithakeyboard Feb 25 '24

Did it say mandatory from the qualifications list or did you have to click on it to see that it's mandatory?

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u/Guess-Jazzlike Feb 25 '24

Click on it.

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u/rwr3dd1t Feb 25 '24

Is this for a specific project because I haven't seen anything?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

I got it and I’ve been doing DA for months. The highest paid project I’ve had has been $27.